Introduction to Film Noir and the Femme Fatale

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<p>The femme fatale is characterized as a forbidden, alluring anti/hero that has the power to seduce and destroy her male opposite.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hollywood reflects male hegemony and the femme fatale is positioned as a manifestation of male anxieties surrounding the loss of (male) power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Film noir emerged during the time of the Hays Code/the Hollywood motion picture code.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The aim of the Hays Code was to restore the moral integrity of Hollywood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>No film should lower the moral standards of the audience. 2. Evil doings must not appear as attractive nor must sympathy be thrown to the side of crime, wrongdoing, or sin.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aesthetic markers, production parameters, and histories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Film noir can be described as a mood with a violent or strange tone while tinged with a type of forbidden eroticism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Detective and femme fatale.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scenes taking place at night, empty streets and alleys lit up by shadows, and streetlights glistening with rain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>The influence of female authorship on noir is underrated. Many popular films of the era were developed from the literary works of women.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Shot in soft focus. 2. Diffused lighting to accentuate their vanity, beauty and sexuality. 3. Long or medium shots allowing contemplation of their figure 'the camera lingers on her'.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>The ubiquitous cigarette - it becomes a cue for dark or immoral sensuality, sexuality, and her unnatural phallic power. 2. The relationship to mirrors and portraits.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers